For big box retailers in the home business, there is no single merchandising classification they love to hate more than small electrics. A cornerstone of the housewares business, it is – along with cookware — the workhorse of the promotional […]
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The struggle between retail titans and industry disruptors is in the news more and more often. We are all well-versed in how companies such as Etsy and Rent the Runway, both of which were named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list,
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International travel has been remarkably resilient in the post-financial crisis period. In fact, MasterCard research shows that since 2009, international visitor arrivals and spending have grown faster than real global GDP. Despite its size and strong growth, cross-border spending is
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Last Friday the Department of Commerce released its August retail sales figures. Total sales rose 5% compared to August of 2013. The business and economic media heralded the news and what it might mean for retail sales performance over the
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Conventional supermarkets — those mid-tier retailing behemoths — are beset on all sides by disrupters. Some of those disrupters are cloaked in technology, some aren’t; others are self-inflicted and emerging from within. Let’s take a look at what the disrupters
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Forget about all of the holiday projections soon to be bandied about by the legions of economists, analysts, pundits, experts and faux experts. This is the one you can take to the bank, and it comes from none other than
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\”Let’s face it, the fashion business does not attract the nation’s best and brightest…\” As told to me by one of the titans of retail, the ex-CEO of a major American brand. Doubts about my own personal career choice aside,
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On the verge of becoming the biggest initial public offering in US history, one has to wonder if it’s really worth the $187 billion some analysts are projecting. As we witness Jack Ma, former schoolteacher and founder of Alibaba, strut
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Do you ever get the ominous feeling you’re being watched or followed? Well, you are! They know what you’re doing and where you are at any given time; what you eat; the car you drive; ailments you have and whether
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Launching a signature fragrance is both exceptionally difficult and wonderfully exciting. It is also daunting and exhilarating. A fragrance launch is many things, but what it is not, is rocket science. While both involve an attempt to blast off and
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